CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-8726

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2016-01-04 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-01-04
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-20

Description

wiretap/vwr.c in the VeriWave file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate certain signature and Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.

Affected configurations

• wireshark wireshark 1.12.0 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.1 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.2 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.3 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.4 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.5 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.6 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.7 • wireshark wireshark 1.12.8 • wireshark wireshark 2.0.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References